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Ernest

Ernest: popularity and trends since 1880

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Ernest per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 1895. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Ernest has held steady: its share of boys born has barely moved over the last 10 years. It now stands at 2% of its 1895 peak.

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.